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Rh blacknee whittenee is hidden, and thou mut extract the ame from his mot ubtile blacknes. But after putrefaction it waxeth red, not with a true rednee, of which one aith: It is often red, and often of a citrine colour, it often melteth, and is often coagulated, before true whitenee. And it diolueth it elfe, it coagulateth it elfe, it putrifieth it elfe, it coloureth it elf, it mortifieth it elfe, it quickneth it elfe, it maketh it elfe black, it maketh it elfe white. it maketh it elfe red. It is alo greene: whereon another ayth, Concoct, it till it appeare greene vnto thee, and that is the oule. And another, Know, that in that greene his oule beareth dominion. There appeares alo before whitenee the peacocks colour, whereon aith thus. Know thou that al the colours in the world, or may be imagined, appeare before whitenee, and afterward true whitenee followeth. Whereof one ayth: When it hath bin decocted pure and clean, that it hineth like the eyes of fihes, then are wee to expect his vtilitie, and by that time the tome is congealed rounde. And another ayth: When thou halt finde whitenee a top in the glae, be ured that in that whitenee, rednee is hidden: and this thou mut extract: but concoct it while it become all red: for betweene true whitenee and true rednee, there is a certaine ah-colour: of which it is ayde. After whitenee, thou cant not erre, for increaing the fire, thou halt come to an ah-colour: of which another aith: Doo not et light by the ahes, for God hal giue it thee molten: and then Rh